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Open AccessThe impact of nurse staffing levels on nursing-sensitive patient outcomes: a multilevel regression approach
The goal of this study is to provide empirical evidence of the impact of nurse staffing levels on seven nursing-sensitive patient outcomes (NSPOs) at the hospital unit level. Combining a very large set of clai...
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Open AccessDo discontinuities in marginal reimbursement affect inpatient psychiatric care in Germany?
This paper examines the behaviour of mental health care providers in response to marginal payment incentives induced by a discontinuous per diem reimbursement schedule with varying tariff rates over the length...
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Long-term sick leave and the impact of a graded return-to-work program: evidence from Germany
The implementation of a graded return-to-work (RTW) program to reintegrate the long-term sick started in Germany in 1971 and has been manifested in the Social Code Book V since 1989. Based on a return plan by ...
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I feel good! Gender differences and reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health
For empirical analysis and policy-oriented recommendations, the precise measurement of individual health or well-being is essential. The difficulty is that the answer may depend on individual reporting behavio...
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The physician-patient relationship revisited: the patient’s view
The importance of the physician-patient relationship for the health care market is beyond controversy. Recent work emphasizes a two-sided asymmetric information relationship between physician and patient. In c...
